Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills

Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills, an IMDB qualifying festival, is a bi-monthly competitive Film Festival dedicated to short films. We accept all types of short films and offer awards for Best Us Film, Best Intl Film, Best male and female director, among others. We also accept all kinds of genre films, including Horror, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Thriller, War and Western from all around the world. The festival has a seasonal structure, first, our programmes select the official selection of the festival, then the judges will privately review the selected films, and subsequently, they will announce the winners. The winner's projects will then have the option to be streamed online.

What are we looking for?
Any genre of short films from all around the world.
We are opened, to shorts films and screenplays.

Who's gonna win the prize?
-A selected jury will assign the prizes
-We will have a digital award available for the winners. If you like to have a trophy, you can order your customized one.

Awards:
Best Us Short
Best Intl Short
Best Producer
Best Male Director
Best Female Director
Best Short Script
Best Short Cinematography
Best Short Score
Best Short Composer
Best Short Editing
Best Women's Issue Film
Best Social Justice Film
Best Horror Short
Best Action Short
Best Crime Short
Best Fantasy Short
Best Comedy Short
Best Romance Short
Best Science Fiction Short
Best Sport Short
Best Thriller Short
Best War Short
Best Western Short
Best Covid Short
Best Horror Comedy Short
Best Zombie Short
Best Animated Short
Best Experimental Short
Scariest Short Film
Best Trailer
Best Poster

- Any work with a length shorter than 45 minutes
- Short Screenplay no more than 15 pages
- Covid Short, any work with a length shorter than 20 minutes, shot during the quarantine.
- The Work must be produced after January 2015
- If not in English, all the submission MUST BE subtitled in English
- You can submit any number of works as long as all the rules are respected
- We only accept submission via FilmFreeway

Other important things to know:
- Programming decisions are made by the festival directors and our selection committee. If accepted, we will notify filmmakers by email
- Selections will be notified by email
- Entry fees are non-refundable
- Participants agree that clips and images from their film may be used for any promotional purposes on the Film Festival social media
-By submitting the film, participants confirm that they hold the rights, or permission to use, all aspects of the submitted film.

Overall Rating

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Communication

Hospitality

Networking

Robert Deon

It was an Honor and Priviliege to be apart of this film festival. We was treated so well and we appreciate the recognition of our wonderful film.. We will be back.. Thank you.

May 2023

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Rosa Nichols

Many thanks for having us be a part of Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills! Loved the communication they have with the filmmakers.

April 2023

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Victoria G.

I really loved this film festival!

April 2023

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Terry Podnar

I appreciate the festival for recognizing The Chance as a Semi-Finalist. The festival; however, did not follow up with the list of winners. I realize that I did not win; however, it would show some courtesy to send the list to all submitters.

April 2023

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Luigi Bonizzato

I thank all the staff for the opportunity given to "VIOLATOR" to be able to be semi-finalist. Thank you for appreciating my short film.

April 2023

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Dates & Deadlines

March 13, 2023
Opening Date
April 17, 2023
Regular Deadline
May 19, 2023
Late Deadline
June 10, 2023
Notification Date
June 30, 2023
Event Date

Categories & Fees

Best Us Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Intl Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Producer
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Male Director
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Female Director
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Actor
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Actress
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Unproduced Short Script
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Script
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Editing
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Score
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Composer
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Short Cinematography
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Women's issue Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Social Justice Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Horror Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Romance Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Science Fiction Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Crime Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Western Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Comedy Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Fantasy Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Sport Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best War Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Action Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Thriller Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Experimental Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Animated Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Horror-Comedy Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Erotic Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best LGBTQ Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Covid Short
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Gold Members: $32
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $45
- Gold Members: $40
Best Trailer
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Gold Members: $15
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Gold Members: $25
Best Poster
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Gold Members: $15
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Gold Members: $25
All Categories
- Regular Deadline
- Standard: $140
- Gold Members: $125
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $160
- Gold Members: $140

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Robert Deon

Rosa Nichols

Victoria G.

Terry Podnar

Luigi Bonizzato